The Athens Messenger Establishment Details 1825 1029
Publisher Frederick W. Bush 1806 to 1929 and Gordon K. Bush listed. The Messenger Publishing Co announces weekday editions and a large Sunday issue. Rates shown for mail and carrier delivery include yearly and short-term options. Associated Press exclusive rights noted. Obituary and card of thanks pricing referenced.
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Frederick W. Bush
the Messenger Publishing CO
Gordon K. Bush
Charles H. Harris
Battle of the Pacific Over Heavily Guarded Debate
The piece frames a clash between General Douglas MacArthur and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox over war strategy in the South Pacific. It notes MacArthur requesting more aircraft, Knox denying an imminent Australian invasion without Japanese naval concentration, and concerns about air power versus naval support amid Japanese threats to the mainland and Aleutians.
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Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Frank Knox
South Pacific
MacArthur
Roosevelt
Knox
Australia
U. S. Navy
Mr. Knox
Washington
General MacArthur
Sato
Japan
Aleutians
Back Our Boys with Bonds War Bond Drive Call
In urging April support for the Second War Loan the piece compares local sacrifices to those of servicemen and stresses that financing is opportunity, not hardship. It urges Southeastern Ohio to back the boys with bonds and to begin a sustained war finance effort.
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Coventry
Stalingrad
Kharkov
Pacific
Ohio
Wars of public relations clash over wartime losses
The piece argues Axis and U S tactics differ with Hitler concealing German damage to quell rebellion while American publicity downplays losses. It contends war news is withheld, hurting public understanding as the nation mobilizes a 13 billion dollar drive and faces ongoing sacrifices in 1943.
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United States
Hitler
Army
Navy
Office of War Information
Frankfurter speech sparks debate on democracy and media
The article argues Felix Frankfurter warned that modern media like newspapers, radio, and movies can manipulate public opinion. It criticizes New Deal officials for undermining free speech and presses, and stresses the need for a populace able to judge ideas without elitist control.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court of the
United States
Republic
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Justice Frankfurter
New Deal
America
Congress
Supreme Court
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Strontium Product Co workers win union recognition
In Chauncey Ohio the Strontium Product Co employees elect the United Stone and Allied Products Workers CIO as bargaining agent under the Wagner Act. A February agreement followed a plant walkout caused by management contract violations, with union reps and management meeting to resolve the dispute. Signed by John Cooper, representative of the union.
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the Messenger
Strontium Product Co
Route
Chauncey
Ohio
United Stote and Allied Product Workers of America, C.so
United Stone and Allied Products Workers C.lo
Henry Douriff
Charleston
W. Va
Douriff
John Coope
United Stote and Allied Product Workers of America, Cio
Pacific Strategy Split Notion Warns Against Overcommitment
Raymond Clapper summarizes Walter Nash the New Zealand minister to the United States arguing against a holding war in the Pacific while Germany is defeated. He notes Allied plans to strike Germany first with air power while maintaining Pacific pressure, and discusses Churchill and Australian views on demobilization and Pacific commitments.
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Washington
Pacific
United Nations
Walter Nash
New Zealand
United States
Germany
Europe
Japan
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Admiral Halsey
General MacArthur
Churchill
Kenney
Bismarck Sea
Kavieng
Warwick Fairfax
The
Sydney Morning Herald
Casablanca
Australia
Questions and Answers on War Rationing and Military Careers
A reader asks about replacing broken ration containers and is told losses are the reader’s responsibility. Another question asks if prior service in Canadian or British armies counts toward U S Army retirement after Pearl Harbor transfers. the answer is no. A separate query notes Turkey re electing President Ismet Inonu to a second four year term.
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U. S
Pearl Harbor
Murray City Socials Share Weekend Visits
Murray City residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Guests included Mrs. Charles Hellyer and family from Toledo, Miss Eleanor Mason of Cleveland, and many Columbus and Detroit visitors. Local residents also hosted Straitsville and Newark guests, with several families enjoying Sunday gatherings.
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Murray Cify
Charles Hellyer
Frank Hellyer
Florence Reynolds
Marty
Toledo
Paul Cupp
Newark
Oscar Hellyer
Eleanor Mason
Cleveland
H. L. Williams
Jane Miller
Madalene Jo
New Lexigton
Martha
Irvin Bowersock
Betty
Columbus
Effie Jonas
Grace Donaghue
Straitsville
John Snyder
Porter Gottke
Betty Lou
Gottke
Jay Huston
Harold Dixon
Dixie Lee
Orval Midciffe
Nelsonville
Local residents visit and family updates across several towns
Mrs. Helen Chock and relatives in Detroit visit Lauriskey family. Many townspeople from Jobs to Lancaster share Sundays and weekends with relatives in Nelsonville Glouster McArthur Canton Barberton and Detroit while Lawrence Huntley serves in the U S Army at Camp Robinson Arkansas.
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Helen Chock
Detroit
Mike Lauriskey
Williard Dixon
Mary Ann James
William James
Jobs
Harry Jonas
Straitsville
Phyllis Jean
John Snyder
Jerry
Ruth Alice Tignor
Nelsonville
Helen Rowland
Jean
Glouster
William Hawk
Columbus
Oscar Lopez
William Koon
Pontiac
Mich
Harold Hellyer
Velma Brown
Myrtle Brown
William McManaway
Lancaster
Seth Huntley
Lawrence
Camp Robinson
Ark
Jungle Trek to Guatemala Ends in Tragedy and Tension
Allison Topping, heiress to a chicle fortune, and Barry Fielding push toward the family plantation in Guatemala. Renaldo the attorney hides motives as a bushmaster strike threatens the group. A dramatic night scene ends with a rifle shot and Allison fainting as they near the estancia.
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Allison Topping
Guatemala
Barry Fielding
Puerto Barrios
Allison
Barry
Renaldo
Quiche
Jose
Mr. Fielding
San
Cassidy
WSCS Meets At Syracuse in Asbury Church
The WSCS met at Syracuse Wednesday with eight members and one guest. Mrs. Finn Fields led devotional. Mrs. Alice Capehart chaired. The group studied Lazy America from On Thy Foundation by Rycroft. a salad course was served by Mrs. A Flanagan and Mrs. Melvin Grimm.
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Asbury Methodic Church
Finn Fields
Alice Capehart _ progra
Syracuse
W.s.cs
America
Rycroft
A. Flanagan
Melvin Grimm
Andreas Turnbill Columbus
A. S. Crooks
Charles Nease
Rotel Grimm
Walworth
Lawrence Selley
Larry
Columbus
R. B. Seller
J. E. Carleton
Racine
Norman Baer
Holiday's Cove
W. Va
Christian Baer
Oa Quisenberry
Irving Karr
Rutland
A. L. Flanagan
Rutland Methodist Church
Marcia Karr
Norma Lisle
Mildred
Mary Karr
Ellen Baer
Don Quisenberry
C. E. Williams
F. Williams
Burlingham
F. A. Shumway
Pomeroy
Bruises on the heart reflect enduring pain in verse
Poetical verse titled Bruises on the Heart reflects on how injuries of thoughtless acts maim the heart more than flesh. The speaker notes lasting pain from emotional harm and memory, ending with the author signature Mary M Kirk.
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Mary M, Kirk
Hemlock Social Notes Show Local Military Families
Local notes report Army and Navy family updates from Hemlock including Herman Hodgson in the Navy meeting cousin Dick Tharp of the Marines, Warren McCoy at Camp Van Dorn with a scheduled tonsillectomy, and Noble McArtorth arriving somewhere in Africa. Also mentions visits among families, and a passing reference to war bond pricing for a Flying Fortress bomber.
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Ed Davis
Lillian Hunter
Straitaville
Gerald
Paul Williams
Family
Athens
Satur
Harold Isterts
Fort Wayne
Ind
Irene
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American Newspaper Publishers Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Ohio Newspaper Association
Associated Press
Joan W. Cullen Company
Chicago
New York
O. Cleveland
David Lawrence
National Dispatch
the Public Forum
Raymond Clapper
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Athens Messenger
Murray City
By Galbraith
Beg Nts GePvicg
Joe
Jen
John C. Flemingg
Losseby
SSP
Sevite Tne
Jeremiah Topping
Miss Topping
Alli
WSCS
Poet's Corner
Hemlock
Joury
Groz
Jughe Osten
Pelle
Biate
Basi Mare Jones, Paynt
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